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GA/AB/3372

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON PEACEKEEPING SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS, AS FOUR STATES ANNOUNCE VOLUNTARY INCREASE IN SHARE OF COSTS

Four Member States -- Estonia, Hungary, Israel and the Philippines -- announced they would voluntarily increase their financial responsibility for peacekeeping missions, at a meeting of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning. A fifth, Cyprus, made a similar announcement yesterday.

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GA/AB/3371

UNITED STATES CALLS FOR REVISION IN PEACEKEEPING SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS, AS FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP PEACEKEEPING BUDGETS, ADMINISTRATION

Other Speakers Stress UN Financial Problems Not Linked to Peacekeeping Scale

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GA/AB/3370

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP BOARD OF AUDITORS REPORT ON UN PEACEKEEPING 1998-1999

The United Nations peacekeeping bill was $837.8 million for the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, down from $879.3 million for the previous 12 months, the United Nations Board of Auditors told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), as the Committee began its consideration of the Auditors’ report on peacekeeping operations.

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GA/9708

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS AGENDA ITEM ON HIV/AIDS

The inclusion of a General Assembly agenda item on HIV/AIDS was recommended this afternoon by the Assembly’s General Committee.

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GA/COL/3027
PI/1249

SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE TO HOLD PACIFIC REGIONAL SEMINAR IN MARSHALL ISLANDS, 16 - 18 MAY

NEW YORK, 11 May -- The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, also known as the Special Committee of 24, will hold a Pacific regional seminar in Majuro, Marshall Islands, from 16 to 18 May 2000.

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GA/AB/3369

FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES SIERRA LEONE PEACEKEEPING FINANCE, APPROVES TEXT CALLING FOR $4.56 MILLION FOR ANGOLA OFFICE

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GA/AB/3368

FIFTH COMMITTEE DECISION PROJECTS MILLENNIUM SUMMIT COST AT $1.4 MILLION

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning decided to inform the General Assembly that the draft resolution on the Millennium Summit it is considering (document A/54/L.83/Rev.1) could result in costs of some $1.4 million, while speakers expressed serious reservations about the statement of projected costs.

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GA/9707

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHES PROCEDURES FOR MILLENNIUM SUMMIT, APPOINTS MEMBERS TO INSPECTION UNIT, CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE

A total of six meetings will be held during the Millennium Summit scheduled for Headquarters from 6 to 8 September, under the terms of a resolution adopted by the General Assembly this afternoon.

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GA/AB/3367

FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES LEBANON, GOLAN HEIGHTS PEACEKEEPING, BUDGET IMPLICATIONS OF MILLENNIUM SUMMIT

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) concluded its general discussion of the financing of several peacekeeping missions this morning, and commenced its discussion of the programme budget implications of a draft resolution on the Millennium Assembly.

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GA/AB/3366

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF PEACEKEEPING FINANCE, ADDRESSING QUESTIONS ON INTERNAL OVERSIGHT REPORTS

When the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) met this afternoon to continue its consideration of the financing of peacekeeping operations, a representative of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations responded to questions raised concerning two investigations by the Office of Internal Oversight Services.